kimouette
Member Since 2012
Ji everyone,
I'm currently helping a person who lives in Paris. She recently had to switch from Caninsulin to Lantus because of her cat's instability with Caninsulin.
He's doing better and better, but she just shared with me a problem that she has on a daily basis and that is driving her nuts!
First the problem was the air bubble, but I showed her this video and she said she's doing better : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zyfKq-hY_Q
But now the main problem she is facing, is that whenever she fills up her syringe with Lantus, she takes at least 1 extra unit to make sure she can get rid of the air bubble and press the plunger until she gets the desired dose, but the damn plunger either isn't moving, or it goes way too fast!
In other words, she has to throw away many syringes cuz she cant put the same needle back in the Lantus cartridge (I heard it wasnt a good idea to do that).
She always moves the plunger back and forth many times before taking the insulin to sort of spread the lubricant evenly in the syringe, but that still doesn't help.
She is a very manual person, and very meticulous too! So when she says that she is trying very hard to slowly push the plunger to release the extra unit of insulin and that it doesnt go smoothly at all, I believe her!
Are there any brands out there known to be easier to manipulate? I mean, that would go smoothly as we push the plunger?
She would be willing to order them from any drugstore or to buy them anywhere online if she has to! She lives in France but wants to consider ANY alternative to that problem cuz it is driving her nuts (lots of insulin and syringes are wasted on a daily basis because of that!)
Kim, Sylvie and Kabaret
I'm currently helping a person who lives in Paris. She recently had to switch from Caninsulin to Lantus because of her cat's instability with Caninsulin.
He's doing better and better, but she just shared with me a problem that she has on a daily basis and that is driving her nuts!
First the problem was the air bubble, but I showed her this video and she said she's doing better : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zyfKq-hY_Q
But now the main problem she is facing, is that whenever she fills up her syringe with Lantus, she takes at least 1 extra unit to make sure she can get rid of the air bubble and press the plunger until she gets the desired dose, but the damn plunger either isn't moving, or it goes way too fast!
In other words, she has to throw away many syringes cuz she cant put the same needle back in the Lantus cartridge (I heard it wasnt a good idea to do that).
She always moves the plunger back and forth many times before taking the insulin to sort of spread the lubricant evenly in the syringe, but that still doesn't help.
She is a very manual person, and very meticulous too! So when she says that she is trying very hard to slowly push the plunger to release the extra unit of insulin and that it doesnt go smoothly at all, I believe her!
Are there any brands out there known to be easier to manipulate? I mean, that would go smoothly as we push the plunger?
She would be willing to order them from any drugstore or to buy them anywhere online if she has to! She lives in France but wants to consider ANY alternative to that problem cuz it is driving her nuts (lots of insulin and syringes are wasted on a daily basis because of that!)
Kim, Sylvie and Kabaret
